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'I've got the documents that have been leaked to me, I've got the contracts leaked to me, correspondence between American lawyer Marty Singer and Channel 10,' Peter reported.

'There is now a bitter legal dispute going on, over an amount of $140,000 USD, that Channel 10 are refusing to pay Tom Arnold for his work on the show,' he continued.

After Kyle questioned why, Peter described the situation as coming 'down to interpretation', explaining Tom believes he was working a 'pay or play contract'.

War? Entertainment reporter Peter Ford claimed he recently viewed leaked legal documents outlining a 'war between Tom Arnold, his legal reps and the Channel 10 bosses' during a segment on KIIS FM's The Kyle & Jackie O Show on Monday

'Which means you get paid no matter what,' he explained. 'So if you're doing a TV show and it gets cancelled, or you get voted off or whatever, they've still got to pay you. Channel 10 clearly believes that's not what the deal was.'

Peter went on to describe how the network has paid Tom 'so far an amount of 270,000 USD' and how various figures surrounding the contract are being touted.

'Tom Arnold was being paid $410,000 USD to take part in I'm A Celebrity. That's a lot of money, we all know that,' he said.

Loaded? 'Tom Arnold was being paid $410,000 USD to take part in I'm A Celebrity. That's a lot of money, we all know that,' he said

He went on to claim how the actor could have 'gotten that or more' if he had stayed in America to film a Superbowl TV commercial, as an example, 'for one day's work'.

He also said Tom wanted to do I'm A Celebrity, 'because he had been promised, according to insiders, a comedy tour of Australia for mid-year, where he could play reasonable-size venues and clean up.'

Now the comedian reportedly believes Channel 10 'completely re-nigged on that', although they allegedly promised to organise the tour for him.

Tour promoter A List Entertainment refused to comment to The Daily Telegraph and Network Ten only confirmed to the paper that the payment had been finalized.

Complications: Now the comedian reportedly believes Channel 10 'completely re-nigged on that', although they allegedly promised to organise a comedy tour for him

Daily Mail Australia has received an official statement from Network Ten which read:

'Network Ten will not discuss the terms of a confidential agreement that was signed by Tom Arnold after legal and PR advice was provided to him, but we can confirm that Ten does not owe him any money under our agreement with him and we have made all payments owing to him.

'Any suggestion that Ten has not acted in good faith is unfounded and misleading. Tom Arnold’s only agreement with Ten was for his appearance in I’m A Celebrity…Get Me Out Of Here!.

'Ten understands that Tom Arnold’s agent and lawyer were exploring a tour option for him, however, due to his performance in the jungle, the tour operator declined to proceed with the tour.'

Official statement: Network Ten said, 'Ten understands that Tom Arnold’s agent and lawyer were exploring a tour option for him, however, due to his performance in the jungle, the tour operator declined to proceed with the tour.'